. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . hern regions, namely, the islands of the ArcticOcean, but we are unable to state the number of eggs, andwhat the materials are that form the nest. Twenty-seven inches is the entire measurement of theWhite-fronted Goose; the beak, which is flesh-red, withthe nail white, measures two inches ; the legs are orange,the webs flesh-red, and the claws whitish horn colour;the tarsus measures three inches; the eye is dusky; thewing, from the carpus to the tip, sixteen inches in forehead and chin are white, encircled by a narrowblack
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . hern regions, namely, the islands of the ArcticOcean, but we are unable to state the number of eggs, andwhat the materials are that form the nest. Twenty-seven inches is the entire measurement of theWhite-fronted Goose; the beak, which is flesh-red, withthe nail white, measures two inches ; the legs are orange,the webs flesh-red, and the claws whitish horn colour;the tarsus measures three inches; the eye is dusky; thewing, from the carpus to the tip, sixteen inches in forehead and chin are white, encircled by a narrowblack band, which divides them from the brownish ash-colour of the head and neck; the lower part of the neckis ash-coloured white, with several black bars in uncon- 24- ANATID<£. nected patches on the breast and belly; the back, scapu-lars, wing-coverts, and flanks gull-coloured brown, all ofwhich are bordered with reddish-brown ; quills black. The female has the white on the forehead smaller. The egg figured 230 is that of the White-frontedGoose. %%,$. %so. BERNICLE GOOSE. 25 NATATORES. ANATIDJE. PLATE CCXXXL BERNICLE GOOSE. ANSER BERNICLA. The Bernicle Goose is a regular winter visitant in GreatBritain, arriving in the autumn on our north-western andwestern shores, and on the northern shores of Ireland, invery large flocks; it occasionally frequents also the easterncoast, but only under peculiar circumstances, and in smallnumbers. The geographical range of this species extends overEurope, Asia, and America. The chief numbers reside inLapland, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden, coming southwardto the coast of the Baltic; also Jutland, Holstein and Hol-land, and the northern coast of France. In Asia it rangesfrom the most northern shores as far as Japan. In Americait is very plentiful in the Hudsons Bay and Canada, butrare in the United States, which proves plainly that theBernicle Goose prefers the colder regions of the globe,although the severity of the Arctic zone forces it to pass
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